Biology:Lepidemathis

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Lepidemathis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Lepidemathis
Simon, 1903
Type species
Emathis sericea
Simon, 1899
Species

See text.

Lepidemathis is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The four described species are endemic to the Philippines .[1]

Species of Lepidemathis look like large editions of the related genus Emathis.[2] Lepidemathis is about 10 mm (38 in) long in females, and up to 13 mm (12 in) in males.[2]

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepis "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.

Species

As of October 2021, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]

  • Lepidemathis cavinti Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
  • Lepidemathis dogmai Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
  • Lepidemathis haemorrhoidalis (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
  • Lepidemathis lipa Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
  • Lepidemathis luisae Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016 – Philippines
  • Lepidemathis sericea (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
  • Lepidemathis unicolor (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 World Spider Catalog (2021). "Gen. Lepidemathis Simon, 1903". Natural History Museum. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2738. Retrieved 31 October 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. p. 283. 

Wikidata ☰ Q627224 entry